In a meeting, the managing director of Farabi Cinema Foundation and Pakistan Ambassador in Iran talked about increasing and developing the collaborations between the two countries in the cultural and cinematic fields.

A senior Iranian military commander says a suicide bomber and two other terrorists involved in a recent deadly attack that targeted members of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) have been identified as Pakistani nationals.

The chief commander of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has warned Saudi Arabia and the UAE that they could face retaliatory measures for supporting terrorists on behalf of the US and Israel.

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman, Bahram Qassemi has expressed deep regret over a terrorist attack on a bus carrying Iranian pilgrims in the Iraqi city of Balad, which killed and wounded a number of them.

"We will introduce Iran's history and identity to Spanish people by holding the exhibition of "Iran; the cradle of civilization" in this country," the vice-president and the head of Iran's Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts, and Tourism Organization said.

The Washington Post recently revealed the existence of the possible production of ballistic missiles in Saudi Arabia. The newspaper added: “Satellite images suggest that Saudi Arabia has constructed its first known ballistic missile factory, according to weapons experts and image analysts, a development that raises questions about the kingdom’s increasing military and nuclear ambitions under its 33-year-old crown prince.”

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the detention of Press TV news anchor Marzieh Hashemi by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) shows that the United States is still violating the rights of black people.

Iran has launched a domestically-built satellite into space with an aim to collect environmental information to boost the country's forecasting system; however, technical problems that occurred during the final stage of the launch prevented the spacecraft from reaching orbit.

A Boeing 707 cargo plane flying from the Central Asian nation of Kyrgyzstan has crashed in Iran's Alborz province after it overshot the runway during landing. All 16 people on board the aircraft but one are presumed dead.

The Iraqi foreign minister says his country is “not obliged” to abide by unilateral US sanctions against Iran, stressing that Baghdad is considering options to bypass those bans and maintain trade ties with its neighbor.

"The reduction of foreign trips has not changed the situation of people's interest to domestic travels. Domestic and foreign travels have decreased significantly," the head of the board of directors of Iran's travel agencies association said.

"We are planning to increase the number of Isfahan's sisterhood cities, since 13 cities are insignificant for sisterhood relations", the Head of Representative office of ministry of foreign affairs in Isfahan said.